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PEANUTS® Saturday, December 25, 2010 – Daily News – 3B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® By Scott Adams Today is Saturday, Dec. 25th, the 359th day of 2010. There are 6 days left in the year. This is Christmas Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 25, 1990, the World Wide Web, the system pro- viding quick access to websites over the Internet, was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as computer scientists Tim Berners- Lee and Robert Cailliau (KAH’-yoh) created the world’s first hyperlinked webpage. On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned king of Eng- land. In 1776, Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J. In 1818, ‘‘Silent Night,’’ written by Franz Gruber and Father Joseph Mohr, was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. In 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. (Hirohito was formally enthroned almost two years later.) In 1931, New York’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast an entire GARFIELD® By Jim Davis live opera over radio for the first time: ‘‘Hansel and Gretel’’ by Engelbert Humperdinck. In 1941, during World War II, Japan announced the sur- render of the British-Canadian garrison at Hong Kong. In 1989, ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (chow-SHES’-koo) and his wife, Elena, were executed fol- lowing a popular uprising. Former baseball manager Billy Mar- tin died in a traffic accident in Fenton, N.Y. In 1991, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on television to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a communist superpower that had already gone out of existence. at age 78. SHOE By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins In 1995, singer Dean Martin died at his Beverly Hills home In 2006, James Brown, the ‘‘Godfather of Soul,’’ died of BLONDIE® By Dean Young and Stan Drake BEETLE BAILEY® By Mort Walker heart failure in Atlanta at age 73. Ten years ago: A fire in central China killed 309 people inside an unlicensed disco. Five years ago: Pope Benedict XVI marked his first Christ- mas as pontiff, calling for concrete actions to back up ‘‘signs of hope’’ in the Middle East and urging peace in Darfur, Sudan and the Korean peninsula. Opera singer Birgit Nilsson died in her native Sweden at age 87. One year ago: Passengers aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 foiled an apparent attempt to blow up the plane as it was landing in Detroit by seizing suspect Umar Farouk Abdul- mutallab (OO’-mahr fah-ROOK’ ahb-DOOL’-moo-TAH’-lahb), a Nigerian accused of trying to set off explosives in his under- wear. The Taliban released a video purporting to show Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier captured more than five months earlier in eastern Afghanistan. Korean-American missionary Robert Park was arrested by border guards after crossing into North Korea; he was released in Feb. 2010. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Tony Martin is 97. Actor Dick Miller is 82. Author Anne Roiphe is 75. Actress Hanna Schygul- la (SHEE’-goo-lah) is 67. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Edwards (The Spinners) is 66. Actor Gary Sandy is 65. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 64. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka is 64. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 62. Actress Sissy Spacek is 61. Former White House adviser Karl Rove is 60. Actress CCH Pounder is 58. Singer Annie Lennox is 56. Reggae singer-musician Robin Campbell (UB40) is 56. Country singer Steve Wariner is 56. Singer Shane MacGowan (The Pogues, The Popes) is 53. Baseball Hall of Famer Rick- ey Henderson is 52. The former Chair of the Council of Eco- nomic Advisers, Christina Romer, is 52. Actress Klea Scott is 42. Rock musician Noel Hogan (The Cranberries) is 39. Singer Dido is 39. Rock singer Mac Powell (Third Day) is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ryan Shaw is 30. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 28. Pop singers Lisa and Jess Origliasso (The Veronicas) are 26. Thought for Today: ‘‘Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the compa- ny of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.’’ — Robert Lynd, British essayist (1879-1949). HAGAR the Horrible® By Chris Browne RUBES® By Leigh Rubin ZITS BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK & ERNEST® By Bob Thaves ALLEY OOP